Johnny Cash When Papa Played The Dobro Lyrics

When Papa Played The Dobro Lyrics

My papa was a hobo when they delivered me 



We didn't have a doctor
cause he couldn't pay the fee 



But when the goin' got too bad to
ease his misery 





Papa played the dobro this a way and he'd
go 



When company would come around he kept the dobro hid 

[
dobro ] 

He knew he couldn't play the way the other players did 





Why the guitar's resonator was a gallon bucket lid 



[ dobro ] 



But papa played the dobro this a way and he'd go 





Well now that papa's gone away it's hanging by the flue 



The top of it's rusted and the strings're rusty too 

It won't
ever sound the way that it did when it was new 



When papa played
the dobro this a way and he'd go 



[ dobro ]